Fishing Derby Brings Hundreds of Kids Joy at Harvest Hills
A few hundred trout were stocked in Harvest Hills pond and 78 youngsters competed in the George W. Johnson Memorial Derby. Prizes went to Donald Loomis, Natalie Broomhall, Jay Williams, Robert Shultz, and Mike Burke for fastest limits. Harry Saunders showed the longest fish at 135% inches. youngest competitors were Lee Loomis and Beth Leamy. Jim Bow led as chairman. Royal Crosier judged. Vermont State Fish Hatchery supplied the fish.
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Harvest Hills
North Bennington
George W. Johnson
Home Happy
Donald Loomis
Natalie Broomhall
Jay Williams
Robert Shultz
Mike Burke
Harry Saunders
Mike Surdam
Cheryl Poore
Lee Loomis
Beth Leamy
Royal Crosier
Burton Worthington
Vermont State Fish Hatchery
Bennington
Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad Reports Course Completions
Hoosick Falls officials list members who completed 15 lessons of standard and advanced Red Cross courses last month. Names include Scott Areson William Bakaitis Robert L. Brown and others. new members bring total to 54 with more courses planned next fall.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Vincent Sica
Cambridge
Joseph Smith
Edward Thurber Jr
Red Cross
Ruth Brenenstuhl
Dennis Callahan
Marilyn Cook
Arthur Cutler
Henry French
William
Town-Track Committee Backs Junkyard Crackdown Route 7
POWNAL The Town-Track Liaison Committee urged immediate use of state junkyard laws to shut down or clean up operators along Route 7. Vincent J. Bartimo pledged 150 dollars for a beautification project with shrubs, aided by Vermont officials. The panel deferred the Pownal School crisis stance until the school board reports.
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Pownal
Vincent J. Bartimo
Charles Rounds
Vermont Highway Department
Bennington
Ivor S. Pelsue
Battenkill Grange Notes West Arlington May Meeting
Battenkill Grange met May 20 at West Arlington with a donation to the national Grange Youth Training Fund. An invitation went out to Stamford Valley for May 25. Deputy Clarence Decker conducted the annual inspection and announced Taconic Grange in Shaftsbury will inspect May 26, with Stamford Valley inspecting June 8. The fifth degree will be conferred June 9 at Mt. Equinox Grange Hall Manchester Center, with rehearsal June 7. Members reported on cemetery cleanup before Decoration Day and noted Grange of the Year judges.
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West Arlington
Battenkill Grange
National Grange Youth Training Fund
Stamford Valley
Clarence Decker
Taconic Grange
Shaftsbury
Mt. Equinox Grange Hall
Manchester Center
Jesse Harrington
George Cooledge
Doris Wright
Royal Cutts
Tommy Miller
Grange
Green Mt
Lake Bomoseen
Arlington
Robert Lindsey
Clarence Decker Sr
Roy Crofut
Belle Decker
State Grange
Capital City Grange Hall
Montpelier
B. C
Clarence J. Decker Sr
Nuclear power conference draws Vermont crowd at Art Center
Carleton Howe hosted a two day nuclear power conference at the Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester with about 150 attendees including state legislators conservationists and Vermonters. Four scientists spoke on nuclear power impacts while Howe stressed caution and noted the center’s role as a rental venue. He lamented lack of broader support from CVPS and pro nuclear voices and emphasized listening to all sides.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Art Center
Vermont
Stratton
Carleton Howe
Howe
The
Vermont Federation of Garden Clubs
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Vernon
CVPS
Traffic fines issued in Hoosick Falls last week
Hoosick Falls Town Justice Victor Sluzas fined violators who appeared before him: James E. Sauer of Bennington received unconditional discharge for studded tires after pleading guilty. Russell Heggie of North Adams Mass paid $10 for passing a stop sign. Florence P. Filch of East Arlington Vt paid $10 for passing a stop sign. Thomas F. Watson of Bennington paid $5 for unsafe tires. Vincent S. Mac Donald of Bennington paid $10 for failure to yield the right of way.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Victor Sluzas
James E. Sauer
Bennington
Russell Heggie
North Adams
Mass
Florence P. Filch
East Arlington
Thomas F. Watson
Vincent S. MacDonald
Hoosick Falls student earns Phi Alpha Theta honor at Ottawa
Hoosick Falls senior Alan Frost of Hoosick N Y received recognition at Ottawa University Kansas Spring Awards Assembly for Phi Alpha Theta membership and a Student Council award. About 25 area teachers attended a Nassau town conservation workshop at the Minch farm sponsored by the New York State Outdoor Education Association. The all day session ran from 5 a.m. to 430 p.m. directed by Lee Burland and Margaret Minch. US Soil Conservation Service techs Frank Leavitt and John Nigro assisted with Bill Schwartz coordinating. The workshop aims to spread teacher information to students and invites others to form sessions through Green Meadow School Castleton N Y and the SCS Wynantskill N Y.
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Alan Frost
Hoosick
N.Y
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Kansas
Phi Alpha Theta
Minch Farm
Nassau
New York State Outdoor Education Association
East Greenbush
Lee Burland
Margaret Minch
Soil Conservation Service
Frank Leavitt
John Nigro
Bill Schwartz
Green Meadow School
Castleton
Wynantskill
School Board Seat Open After Strong Runs for Unexpired Term
Jesse Strong, school board clerk, announced candidacy for the one year unexpired term formerly held by the late Olive Williamson. This leaves the 3 year term open. interested candidates must file notification of intent by week’s end. The annual meeting and voting are set for June 30. The Troy Conference met May 20 to 24 at Green Mountain College Poultney in Vermont.
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Jesse Strong
Olive Williamson
Strong
A. J. MacDonald
Schenectady
N.Y
Troy
United Methodist Church
Poultney
Green Mountain College
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Harvest Hills Pond
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Drysdales
Commission
Rounds
Arthur E. George
Charles Kokoras
Green Mountain
Battenkill
Audubon Society
Sierra Club
Massachusetts
Action In
St. Mary’s Academy
John Sennett
Joseph Clancy Jr
Peter Sennett
Susan Mahar
Sennett
Clancy
Kathryn Albowicz
Helen Wirmusky
Mary Teresa Rogers
Mary Gorman
Karen Nowak
Kathryn St. Hilaire
JoAnne LaMagdeleine
Save-Way Supermarket
Mammoth Mart
Toll Gate
Manchester Ctr
ATES
John and
Gloria Donahue
Edith Beaumont
Frost
James H. Frost
Sheilah Miller
DRY Cleaning
Benmont Avenue
Bennington, Vermont
Lauder
Gooderham X Worts
Bennington Road
Richmond
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
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